“WY. JUNE {-0 1916
said. would be the dellrlhle scheme tit-Lea past brought helm the atlcn’
[or the ornamental lighting plan How tion of the citiztns cond tions relat
tired the old plant is ge tting. was ing to the present problem.
shown in the reporting of two broken At the conclusion of Mr. Mcllahonl
drafts Because of thc "spurt" the remarks. Mr. Robins arose and desist
machines were obliged to cover during‘ed he would not "back water" on ill.
lthe fail rush. [irci‘lousiv mentionedlpraise of Mr Winchester Mr. Mc'tia
the shafts gave way The record of] ions opinion about the people flnan
”lllglls out.” “because of iauity 00km- (int: the plant and purchasing ii:
men. m the second district, is so low )i. (e to the contrary notwithstandiit,"
that no one liners that a light isout..’l‘he superintendent wars- the only man
The shaky condition of the cquipmentresponsible for the plant's success.
market- it mighty uncomfortable, Mr. the commissioner said. and. he rcpt-at-
‘vt'incimster slid. for those corinected'ed. “with all reverence.“ his compli
with the plant. memory opinion of Mr. Wintlicrtcr
Special provisions for additional ser- ll‘s writings were widely read by elcc
vice must be made by Noverriber. liltricai people not only in this countri.
,ihe plant can't meet their busines: but in other lands ,tlte coirinitsstoner
ithen. Mr. Winchester stated, it has said.
no right to this“ thc \tor‘s on other Wliic superintendent, of other
means for which it can he provided. plant: were wearing.~"high silk liars"
Speaking of tire opposition to the U. and drawing fat salaries. Mr. Robins
i2: 1, 6' W. tontratt, lJr. \\'inchester said the superintendtrit was tnnvars-
said: l'li the residents of the dis:
OR
iNE
URNITURE
STERLING
PureLeafLard,alb..... ..
Best Family Flour,abag............ 80¢
Gold Medal or Jones' Flour. 3 ba'g . 89¢
Smoked Shoulders, lean and tender, a lb. .......... 15¢
Force,apkg.cutto.............. ................. 10¢
Quaker Corn Flakes, a pkg. cut to ............. . . . . . 5¢
Tomatoes, extra quality, a can .................... . . 9¢
UCS
ANCES
FURNITURE CO.
.Zi':2-2’,I WAleNCTCN at
$0. NORWALK
15¢
49»
allitliiL'
0 CHARLES o. touts"
mittiior
CHAIRMAN RfPUbLKAN NATIONAL COMMITEE
llt'ts \iew shows the hall whcrc Scais. arc arranged and gal itrits arc built for tin accomn'io its 10 per tent in extess of the «bars?
daiion of the Republican com en—tioii novv ill scssioti. not only of ilic dclctratcs.
s and followers.
I‘ll.“
fllCllllilAi lNVfSllllllVRS
ARE NAMED
(Continued from First Page).
With that end in view the electrical
commissioner‘s had drawn tip a con-
tract with the company and. last
night .IH a spcclal district meeting,
they submitted it for the approval of
the voters. it met with warm opposi- i
tion from several. who w'ete bitter'ly
opposed to giving in in any way to tht
plant's competitor, a practice which'
they icit would be excccdingiy dan-
gerous and which may lead to the
ruination of the plant.
At er three hours of solid coniab.
the greeting passed lllc following res-
olution;
Resolved, That J. ll. Light. William
Moran, J. lrving l)ibblc, t‘. Swul‘iil and
John \i. Glover ho. and the same are
lterclu'. appointed tt (ommittcc to act
in conjunction with thc elcttricul coni-
tnissionets. for the following purposes:
1.' To investigate our present elec-
trical plant.
‘2. To determine win-'tlici or not it
is in a condition to met-t the present
. demands.
3. if capable of meeting the pres-
ent dcmands, to determine for how
long a time it can meet the estimated
. luture demands.
4. It not capdblc of meeting the
present or future demands. to estimate
the cost of placing it in a conditiorito
ncss sense of lating out a vast sum of
lllUllt\ for temporary additions to thc
picst-rit plant.
The contract which was up for con
sidcration. last night. was not, in or
icinai l‘ul'llit‘tllhidt‘l'i‘d for it moment
by tlrc t'orirtnissioners. it wis only ai-
tcr‘ it was "boilcd down," so that it
would afford valuable concessions to
trio distritt. and be beyond criticism.
that it was finally accepted.
1.300 horse power is the capacity of
thc pt'cscnt plant. With the addition
,‘ul the desired U. E. L. & \V. energy.
thc horse power will be increased 500.:
Tiit plant was doing well, Mr. Bunke-
iitcit‘r said and evory machine WT
doing its work, in spite of the fart
that it has been running twenty-four
hours of cvery seven days of every,
wet-it for it quarter of a century. Out
of 1.600 municipal plants in the coun-
try. the speaker said. but 165 Werc
stit'ccssfttl.
Answering a query irorn Judge John
H. Light, Commissioner iiunkenicicr
‘assertcd that tho plant was able to
take care of its prcscnt dcmands. but
it was in the coming full, when nause-
wivcs. at: well as factories. would
“light tip" curly. that the demand
would be so radically increased that
it called for further provisions totakc
cure of ii.
.lttduc liultt nvcrtcd that the dis
li'it't was t-orii‘roritcd with an import
ant proposition. and iii which everyone
was interested. The judgb‘exprcssed
himself as doing evcrything possible’
to tii'tkc thc plant capable of taking.
that intcriercs with
‘ilr‘ulglii busintss 1:2 “titlld energy."
Sptaizim: of tilt p:..-t litigation with
Winchester
has had nil immense
iii of LU‘u‘blt', but ll fought and
he 1‘. l2: 1. A- \\‘. Company. he
said. was seeking an outlet for sur-
plus cncrgy through the district pit-int.
"'l‘itcy are doing it on terms of our
town dictation." Mr \‘l‘inchestcr do
‘ciarcd. Tire superintcndent suited that
the contract calls {or lite withdrawal
. p ., 1 \ from the downtown field of the U E
Cdlll/ENTION HALL _ ‘ r.. e w. ('umpiiny. The rate which the
I company will charge the dlt‘li‘lcl, it
the toutratt is invorahlv 'itlttl upon,
“cht lillt‘lli
torrtpct rug companies. M r.
2' “335.2! iwriLLfil-«Q‘ 3: . 12:. r2 ‘.
~uitl the city
him”:
“'01)
but all llltil friend :made to them by the .\.w Haven t‘-om
ipany .a price which .\ir “'.in hcstcr
istatcd was more than fair.
Klllt‘l The territory which tht downtown
mwhich iplunt is serving, the speakcr said is
isliould the district attempt to supply about 840 acres. or I?” ”‘3" one “d
it it elf at this particular time. would a half square "“1““ “1'9”“ "'9 0‘“
lcost from 845000 to ssooiop .11, it i" ctriipany in supplying time town
V 1
worth spending that much money on “MD“ or 1‘9““ live ”mm” “m”
n l .
it plant which is now not up-to-date? i It was explained ”l" the “”"n‘fl
may be cut off at the cod oi a year, it
Commissioner Robins asked. ‘
Again u“, importance of being flMeatiic district desires, or may be renew
‘.cd for two yelrs, at the cndoi which
to supply both alternating and alircct
'mmm “as gone into In ”an past tirm- it may be extcndcd another two
customers have bet-n refused scrvice"*‘“r“' "“le fl‘” 3“” m 3‘" during
because of u“. lnnbilltv 0! the plant ,0 which time the commissioners intend
uivc alternate current. Tlicrc isn't a '0 carry “NM“ “'3'“ lat ”‘9 "‘9‘"
plant in the country, according to Mr. tion of m" ""1 “hm“ propOsed for '
liobiiis, which enjoys iriondlici' rein-1‘1“" front site.
tions with other corporations or com-‘ in answer to u (tut-“km from M
panics. than the ltt-ui station. its re- torncy Freeman Light. Mr. Winchest-
ttttrds joint poles. lines. etc. it’l suited that the only iricr‘casc which
Touching upon the rcnlly excellent the contract allows thc l'. E. L. d W
work of Superintendent A. E Win-iCtHHPID)‘ to make, is for ll"‘ 9““? 0l
t‘lrtslct', .‘lr'. Robins said he had szterrtit“‘||l. which may be charged ttzalnut
the greater part of ms llft‘ wm‘kingjlll‘m by the railroad. The railroad.
ior lllt'Jlllllll. iiht' strpet‘iritcndcnt says, has privilege
Superintendent Winchester. stiltt'f t‘xm'dlnsb’ low coal rates. and
weak and showing plainly tht- eflects..'llt -‘9 NW NW -‘~' Will. it“ Wt‘”. b!‘ 91130.“
or his recent intci'nai hcrnorrimtzc nndytll it.“ ll!" (llflirlt‘l. ll ”10 l'- E. L. A
it-tar‘t ntttttk. was lli“‘tl\illtd with a \V. l‘onirnrry's illll'l‘ is purchased.
clinir from which hc spoke long nndi Another intcrcsting piece of infor
into-rcstinn ly and insttuttivciy on at mutton offcrcd bv .\ir. Winchestcrwas
vt-v‘s matters concerning 'iie plant. ititrit the. l'. E i. & W. (‘ompany is in
Mr. Winchester said that the distrit 't H” “ttlf IIFNNlItlt‘d 0|” connected Wllll
“as tips against a strong problem, and thc )wvv iiavcn railroad. In fact, the
its cause was the European war, to alsptskcr said. it it. rcportcd the com-
‘ccrtnin cxtent. Last fall. he said. inelimny intends 10 tcrniinate. Ill Ionic
pram carried a smaller loud than theincar lutttrc tlutc. Its cotnrnct with the
'ycar prcviotis. Tiicrc was no need, railroad for thc supplying ofjuice,and
,tlicrclot‘c ,to spend money for aadt.‘irttcnds to btilld ll big plant of their
'Iiormt equipment. During the middie‘own on the river.
of the full business startcti coming in: Oriinincnttil lighting is not the cause
the diwtrict along. supply:
needed additional current.
[\
l\\'.nchester‘.
(‘iii‘t‘ of '8” dcmnnds made on it for
it woulrhsei‘v'icc. but ltc stipulated that all
ntstcps bc takcn bv the Owners of thc‘
plant tlic lair-tits. and that no aid“
irc ..skcti, front on outside. competing
company. i
if alternate current was
Judge Light said, then it was essential
that the plant be provided with the
ed and authorized to cmploy n compc- PQUlet‘ut necessary to provide it. but
tent” eicctricai engineer to aid tliemtnt‘ urged the dt'sirttbiliti‘ of appoint
in their investigation. and to incurtiltg a committte to investigate the'
such further expenses as they shall problem thoroughly. to determine just
deem npcegsarv iwittit action “as needed to put the
Said committee is authorized and plant in a position where it would be'
empowered to fill vacancies dccurringlcapablc, of itsclt‘, to provide all rt- i
in its membership. trulrcd service. ' t
The committee named above Will re ‘li it's necessary to build a plant
port at the adjourned district meeting i'2.ti0\\r on the shore lrn for it.‘ Judge
to be held four weeks front last even- ‘nght declared 'i'm in favor of spend
in: ing all the money necessary to put
inasmuch as the electrical commis. the plant in a first class condition. 1‘
sinners look upon the citizens as the!nm absolutely Oppc:ed to seeking out_l
stockholders in the plant venture de idc support, but I am heartily in fa-
ciu'ed Frederick A. Hunkcmcier, com "or 0' supporting the commissioners
mlssloncr, who was the first to speaktin their ciforts to put the plant in
on night, they felt it the right thing good condition." . .. dr‘l‘i'
to do to bring before the taxpayers‘ With regard to the judge‘s suggest-
I attention exact conditions with regard tiou for appointing a committee to in-
to the plant. vcstigate. Commissioner Thomas Rob-
... It would cost, according to informs-ins stated that the commissioners,
idion furnished by the speaker. fromivvho had been working for the past
350,000 to 860.000 to enlarge the pres-’ycar, had ‘donc all the investigating
’ent plant. The advisability of beingineccssnry, and that the fruits of their
able to furnish alternate current, as labor were before the meeting in the
wall as direct current. was touched.shape of the U. E. L. & W. contract.
mu. The Cameron Automobile Com-i It had been the policy of all the
' 11!. of Day street, it using U. E. L. commissioners. Mr. fibbins said, to
at W current because the downtown always investigate and give the citi-
wih‘nt éannot supply them with alter- lens the results of their findings. Tao
hate current. ~tltnt nothing was done "in the dark."
_flo m of the oommiyiooerl, Mr.I -"No one,” Mr. Rubin declared,
I aid. was to build aplant “Wants to choke down this district's
do so.
5. To determine whether
he more practicable to construct
new plant or reconstruct thc prescnt
one.
' 6. Tu rcport to a district meeting.
to bc callcd for the purposJ. hearing
the report and taking action thereon.
Said committee is hereby empower-
.(‘l't'lir‘tt‘ than was originally
,iilltlll.
counted
When spring arrived the busincss
had jumped past the marks attained
by the whole of the previous yzeai
’l‘hc plant. Mr. Winchester said, is
needed, not tip to date. Dirt it has. he doctor. attempting to solve in conntction with
cd. prctty well made good. because of
the facts that it has stored up» sur-
plus of $28,000. drawing 4 nor cent.
lntcrest.'and has been in operation for
twenty-five years, although statistics
sitar. the avcragc "life" of an electric
‘plant to be front ton to fifteen years.
t‘onsidcrable of the original machin-
cry of the plant has. from time to
time, been replaced. No provisions,
however, have ever been made for
alternate current, which is consider-
cd important. so often was its desira-
,bility pointed out during last night's
discussion. No good engineer would
ndv outta the adding to of the present
plant's facilities. rm
Because of the general jump in thc
price of fuel .the running expenses of
the plant will be increased 83,000 year-
ly. To install oil engines would cos'
\ir. Winchester said, $100 a horse
power, or 850.000701' 500 horse power
Mr. Winchester spoke of the
debt the district owed to the local cos‘
dealers, who did not take advantage
of "rubbing it in" or jumping prices
on the cartage of coal to the plant,
which was not. provided with either
water or rail facilities.
Among the interesting statements
made by Mr. Winchester were that
electricity is the only product which
has been sold to the people ingenui-
at at a mortally deeming price sale,
and that electricity is the only pro
abmhoanlthtnthreeorthroatmconn-act" J
'«Wfibbfluthodaut. lie lot-312.000. Iii-.minm.
duct that u'uod immedlahly upon
Jtl minim:
"“Tl' rapidly. “M “'“S of at larger in-I of the present dim: ulty. but is only a
f'titior in tlic problcnt. it was explain-
it d. bt‘cattr-c thc prcscnt strcci lightlnt
i” in a bad condition.
l John 1‘ McMahon stated that abnor-
illltli war conditions was the cruise of
the t‘iflicul tics which the district was
iii. municipal plant. Mr. McMahon
ttook-exwption to Mr. Robins' remark
that all of the credit for the plant’s
succcss was due to Mr. Winchester.
While he said he shrunk from taking
away it particle of the enormous
amount of credit due Mr. Winchester,
he felt that the people of the district,
the capitalists of the plant, and the
users of the plant's current. were the
real saviours of he plant.
Mr. McMahon combsted the plans to
"turn over the keys of the plant" to
tritt. asking li‘i-il they support tin:
The speaktr demanded to . Lt:
...tti such another man cr‘ttli
I22 iottrzd, and llii'ic' was no fliisit
.\£." liobiits said he had kl‘ ~12. II of
where Mr. \\'tn"hester tml f.
1‘: rtt.
w ltt‘i'l‘
ta:
tiu‘nll into his own pockets ii
bill What the plant
was due to the faithfuln ': anc
work. day and night, of M:-
was Commissioner lit-i
gt‘t;
rntirr s v as to
ill
liart‘
ins‘ tribute
latrick F. Brophy. who spolt . "as a
ren paying citizen and not it ton nits
sinner," said that Mr hlt\ititoti~
statement that the people's :tzpput
ttltting the plant, was very ll' ipt 2'.tn
but, at the same time. it was vital to
i'sw it competent mart to llidlldj.’ 2 tit
business. it it had not bcctt in 'hty
superintendent’s faithful llllt'lllltilli‘thl
lnbor \lr llrophy said the plant hiri-
vouid be in thc same st rap heap alt-It gt.
with the othci svvcrul hullJl‘t‘i l’lll
ures throughout the country. The nitr-
'll ipiil p‘unt at Orange. N. J ttu‘
tptai-tr said. would have twin ii
css ii \ir. “inchester's nlvitt' htttll
been followed. and thc politiciansi
kcpt away. That Superintendent W'n
(Lester “wore out his health for litticli
or nothing.” was Mr. Brophv s opirt
10M. .- nd he further stated, .t w is tlil\':
during the past two years that tho so
perintendcnt was “only half-way dc-
tently paid."
(‘onditions that confrontcd
niant were deocrlbcd by Mr. Ilrtztzght
who said that there was it 1...: in
't‘ttH' in‘ thc plant's court. for '.l‘t
:st four months. when thc‘,‘ N- rah.
havc been in dccrcnse.
l'tiring February of two year.
raid. thc output decrcuscd M pct
on. l.:t.~t year in i-‘cbruitry. the in
2. lit-6‘ “its over 10 per cent .\i:it2..'h
\ ' Inc bill‘lt‘. tmd the April liic: cnsc
"HM us. bnvmiti that. The May inl
'l't‘l'i-‘Q‘ was 10 per cent. higher. i
Jtidnc Light said run the signing oti
r "‘..
lllt‘
il‘.(\.
0""
trrntinntlon of municipal lighting in
Not'wrtik. and the surrender was fur-g
ter.
Attacking the appointment of
comniittcc to investigate, Albert .Vl.,‘
l‘oblmun asked it four wccks fromi
now whcthcr thc citizens would bei
am ncnrcr it solution than thcv wet-cl
last night Some time ago. hc said ti
committee had been appointed to in-
vestigate. Although the city paid sev-
iaphcr‘s wagcs. no report was madc.
”This is it list of pgliticians." Mr.
i‘tllman said,
to do now—~drsg politics into it?“
.‘nmcs 12‘. Powers asked:
tec going to act for the city without
any future compensation?"
'Thc payment for such services are
clutcd.
“irn‘i there any way a limit could
'.ic made to thc appropriatims thc
committee is authorised to make?
The chairman answered, tit-i only
'ntoney to be spent would probably be
tsed for the engineer the resolution
prirted heretofore. calls for.
When a vote on the
a rival company. He was jealous. he
said. of the little plant's welfare, and
would do anything to prevent any corn
party gaining one foot of advantage
over it.
Another undesirable efcature of the
contract to Mr. McMahon. was that it
made the district 3 “peddlerd” of elec-
tricty. The U. E. L. & W. Company.
Mr. McMahon. said. were onlv retail-
ers, buying the juice from thb rail-
road. The district. in buying it from
the retailer, would thus be peddling
the current.
ers’ desire to hold up the building of
the new plant because'of the extra
high“ prices prevailing on various
,building materials, he said the com-
missioners lost sight of the fact that
not within tho next decade would tho
prices decline. The district. he sold,
bad nem'been dmdod on mean
‘- For Infantsanthhlldnn
With reference to the commission-t
and»
din-tril- "tmnm
mtmmmum‘m.
wz'l c- was presented by Attorney los-
eph J. Linxwelier, was taken. 32 were
for it, and about. a dozen asutiitt it.
Adjournment was taken. for four
weeks, during which time the investl
grting committee will study the lightf
lug problem here.
C‘ASTo a M.
In Us. For Over 31".qu
N I new
Sitcom. of
Wither and MAI», .liglsLluW “Gummyeouldmr Alternate out-m, llr. Witch‘s-torus; comm-d not. unduly.
:4 Cottage Street.
A STULL
lauNorwalk.
"Are the members of this commit- :
not customary," Chairman Swnrtz do- 0
resolution.
it
I'
"ontract looked to him like the}.
titer than he carcd to go in the "till-i
lilt‘l_
l .
cral hundreds of dollars in stenog-
"What are you golnnj.»
THE ANTIQUITY OF
FREEDOM.
H i'rccdorri? thou arc not as
pot-ts drcani,
.\ fair young girl, with light and
dclicatc limits,
.\nti wavy trcsscs gushing from
thc cap
With which thc Roman master
vrovvrrctl his slave
\\'licn he took off the gyvcs. A
ltetirdcd trian,
firms-d to the tccth, are tl'm;
mic mailed hand
(irasps tlic broad shield, and one
the sword; thy brow,
tiloriotrs in lit-truly though it be,
is scarred
“itlt tokcns of 6H wars; thy
itiassivc limbs
Arc strong! with struggling. PW~2
cr at thce has launched
llis bolts and with his lightning
smittcn thcc;
could not quench the life
thou has from heaven;
kit'rcilt'ss Power has dug (by
dungcon tlccp,
.\nd lis svv art arrnorcrs, by a
thousand fires.
llavc forced tiiv chain; yet. what
i c tlccms thcc hound,
links arc sliiv'crcti. air-l the
prison walls
outward: tcrribly (in
sttriritzcst foi'i‘t.
.\s swing the Harries above a
burning pilc,
Anti sl‘titttcst lo the nations who
return
l by shout: mitt. while the palc op—
prcssor flics.
‘l‘llt'y
‘lJ
Fall
'i‘ltc liirthrizrht was not given by
human hands:
'l‘hou wcrt‘ twin-liom with m.
in pleasant ficitis,
\t'itilc vct our race was few, thou
sat’st with hint.
To icud thc quict flock and
watch the stars.
.\nd teach the rccd to utter sir-
pic airs.
Thou Iiv his side, amid the
tanglcti wood ,
llidst war upon the panther and
thc “olf
His only focs; and thou with him
ditlst draw
Ilic carlicst furrow on the m-
tain' s sidc,
Soft with the deluge. Tyranny
himself, ‘ '
"lity cncmy, although of revered
look.
Hoary with many years. and far
obeyed.
ls latery born than thou; and as
he meets ' ‘ lm'i
The grave defiance of thine elder
eye. '9 "‘7‘!
The usurper trembles in his fish
nesses. it:
* * * Ohi not yet
Mayst thou unbrace thy cotnhf.
nor la by,
Thy swordy: nor yet. 0 Fret-I!
\ close thy lids
In slumber; for thine enemy“
er sleeps
And thou must watch and”
till the day ' i
012' the new earth and It“ 7
” —William Cullen M
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